A social history of the English countryside / G.E. Mingay.

Author
Mingay, G. E. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.
Description
1 online resource (261 p.)

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Summary note
Traces the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the nature of the changes which have occurred.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
Cover; A Social History of the English Countryside; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Lord and Peasant; 2. The Progress of The Plough; 3. In Sickness and in Health: Disease and Famine; 4. Plenty and Want; 5. Landed Society and Rural Culture; 6. The Two Faces of the Countryside; 7. The Countryside in Decline, 1870-1914; 8. The Countryside in War and Peace; Notes; Index
ISBN
  • 1-134-96701-2
  • 1-134-96702-0
  • 1-280-32534-8
  • 0-203-32685-7
OCLC
252787261
Doi
  • 10.4324/9780203199831
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